Chapter 56: The Prelude to the Artillery Battle

In this mutual attack of the artillery bombardment, both sides did not take any advantage, Lu Yunzhi's side of the artillery is mostly made by Fang Qingze, the power is huge, the range is long, and the accuracy is much higher than that of the Ming artillery, although Fang Qingze is now a rich armor in the world, but after all, the artillery is privately made and made in Timur, the transportation of thousands of miles is naturally somewhat damaged, and when it arrives in Bazhou, there are only about fifteen guns that can be used, and it is naturally not enough for such a small number of artillery to compete with the Ming army. Among them, there are mixed with the artillery in Zhu Jianwen and Qu Xiangtian's army, the types of artillery are uneven, according to statistics, there are sixty-three guns, which can be described as unprecedented, these numbers of firearms are enough to wipe out a medium-sized city on the map in an instant,

When everyone confidently pushed out the artillery, they were stunned by the sight in front of them, the Ming army did not know where to get a large number of unbelievable artillery, there were more than 130 guns, looking at it, although the accuracy of the artillery made by Fang Qingze was lower, the ammunition was mostly solid shells, the power was small but the number was huge, after the hundred cannons fired in unison, the sky was full of solid iron bullets that covered the sky and the sun, and it was really amazing.

The firearms of the two sides have their own advantages and disadvantages, and the shelling between each other was fought from the sun to the dark, and then the shelling of the enemy's position was stopped, Fang Qingze stood in the trench of the position, looked at the sergeant who pushed the cannon back, jumped out of the trench and counted the damaged artillery, and then turned his head to Lu Yunzhi beside him and said: "Damn, I fought for a day today, Yu Qian seems to have been prepared, otherwise we won't be able to prepare so much ammunition in just a few months, and our ammunition is not much, most of the shells I brought are filled shells, The artillery used by the eldest brother and Jianwen can't be used, their artillery is a little backward, if you forcibly use filled shells to explode, the two sides are now far apart, ballistas, trebuchets and divine fire crows and other things can't be used, I have ordered someone to rush to make cannonballs, but it will take three days to replenish them, today we both beat off 100,000 taels of silver in one day, let's consume it, let's follow Yu Qian to consume, see who consumes whom, fight for wealth Your second brother I have never been afraid,"

Zhu Jianwen and the leopard jumped out of another trench and walked over slowly, greeted Lu Yunzhi Fang Qingze and said: "Thanks to Yunzhi today, we have dug a lot of trenches around us, and we can move and lurk, but today's fight is too fierce, our side has been bombarded more than 40 fortifications, and there are thousands of casualties among the soldiers, these two sides have not shown up, and they are fighting like this, if the two armies fight, it may not be so tragic, Yu Qian is worthy of Yu Qian, by the way, Fang Fatzi, how much artillery has been lost, ”

"I just calculated, there are only more than 30 left, and the old-fashioned earthen cannon that you and my eldest brother brought, but I have already sent people to rush to make it, there are not many people here in the Central Plains who can build such a huge artillery, and my new firearms are also transported from the northwest, we used to be mostly hidden and stealthy, so we can't organize people to build on a large scale, and when there is a chance, the personnel who can build it have become a problem, a month ago, I have already begun to arrange it when I have not arrived in Bazhou, although the scale is small but the workmanship is excellent, The speed of building is not slow, we can have enough ammunition in three days, and the addition is fourteen new artillery, it is really a headache to think about, but Yu Qian's side should have more casualties than us, which is a good thing," Fang Qingze was optimistic, and said with a smile,

Qu Xiangtian also came to this trench at this time, patted the dust on Lu Yunzhi's shoulder, and then the other party Qingze said: "Second brother, I think Yu Qian is also fully prepared like us, you see that they have not seen defeat and retreat, if they do not prepare the trenches and fortifications in advance, they will definitely retreat the camp, so I conclude that they are in a similar situation to us, but today's battle is thanks to the second brother's new artillery, I can see it with my own eyes, a cannonball hit it, and instantly destroyed the other party's two doors, it's really powerful,"

Lu Yunzhi had been silent from the beginning, and suddenly said to everyone at this moment: "At night, advance the artillery into bursts, and then use the power of the artillery to launch a night attack, their shells are almost finished, and they can't pose any threat to our attack,"

"Why," everyone asked in unison, Lu Yunzhi replied with a slight smile: "I see, when you fought in Jinan Mansion, did the Ming army use more artillery," Zhu Jianwen didn't know why Lu Yunzhi asked, and replied: "It's not much, if it was the same as today, then I would have been defeated, why do you ask like this?"

"That's it, if we divide our strength into three parts, my second brother and I, the leopard occupy a share, it is considered an elite soldier, it is more difficult to intercept and eliminate us, because we are small in number, and it is convenient to travel and intersperse very fast, the eldest brother's sergeant was confronting Nanjing at the time, Yu Qian miscalculated and didn't think of the trick I used in Nanjing, so he was defenseless, then another powerful force is the Qinwang army that has seen and heard about you," Lu Yunzhi's voice paused, and continued to speak: "At that time, Yu Qian was not only hoarding troops in the capital, In addition to preparing for the worst of the decisive battle, all the remaining armies that can be mobilized in the north have been pressed on the battle in Jinan Mansion, and they have also sent troops such as the 3,000 elite battalions and the Shenji battalion that specialize in the use of firearms, and they did not use a large number of artillery at that time, indicating that the artillery guns seen today should have been built by Yu Qian recently, plus the total firearms of all the armies in the north,"

Qu Xiangtian suddenly realized and continued: "I understand what the third brother means, what he means is that now that we are besieging the capital, the artillery and ammunition from the outside world cannot be brought in, and while we are losing, they are also losing, and the capital workshop alone is not as fast as the second brother, so now we are encountering a shortage of ammunition and firearms, they may also encounter, and it may be more serious than us,"

Zhu Jianwen suddenly shook his head and asked: "But as far as I know, the Shenji Battalion also has as many as 100 artillery pieces, if it is as you said, compared to today's number, they should have the strength to do so,"

"No," Lu Yunzhi replied, "Have you forgotten the Battle of Tumubao, the Ming army was defeated in the Battle of Tumubao, all the Shenji battalions were killed, and the artillery was also pulled away first, before Yu Qian was busy chasing us, where could he have thought of today's decisive battle, it was not easy for him to build so many artillery pieces in such a short period of time, where is there still any spare strength?"

Qu Xiangtian raised his voice and said: "Exactly, tonight, according to what the third brother said, artillery covers the night attack on the enemy camp,"